¹² “But when you saw that Nahash^(A) king^(B) of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we want a king to rule^(C) over us’—even though the Lord your God was your king.

¹¹ When the people of Jabesh Gilead^(A) heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,

² David thought, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash,^(A) just as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent a delegation to express his sympathy to Hanun concerning his father.

When David’s men came to the land of the Ammonites,